Almost 80 per cent of eligible voters took part in the poll, said the chief of the statistics bureau Davis Kalisch, adding: "Australians can have confidence these statistics reflect the view of the eligible population". If you're anxious about religious freedom, and freedom of speech, vote no.

"They (Australians) have spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality", Turnbull told reporters in Canberra.

"It's a g'day. Way to go Australia", tweeted U.S. TV host Ellen DeGeneres, who is married to Australian actress Portia de Rossi in the United States. The committee called on Australia to legislate for marriage equality regardless of the survey's outcome.

"After all of this, if we end up with the Senate voting for marriage equality and the Reps voting for a different form of marriage equality and nothing happening as a result, I don't think the Australian people would be in a forgiving mood".

While Smith bill already allows churches to refuse to Wednesday same-sex couples, the Paterson bill would have allowed anyone with a religious or moral objection to refuse to participate in the process - including florists, bakers and musicians.

Attorney-General George Brandis said he would support an amendment that allowed civil celebrants - as well as religious celebrants - to refuse to marry same-sex couples.

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The Tide should finally face some tougher competition with three of their final four games being against now ranked teams. An impressive win over a struggling Florida Gators team has the Bulldogs coming in at number two on our list.

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The duo claim they first thought it was a joke before feeling paralyzed and holding each other. "And then he really did it", Ms. Becky, who also manages a stable of prominent comedians like Amy Poehler and Kevin Hart, denied threatening any of the women.

Cathay's shares fell 1.7 per cent to HK$12.98 in afternoon trading after slumping as much as 4.9 per cent in the morning session. Cathay also has cross-shareholdings with mainland carrier Air China, which owns just under 30 percent.

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